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Psalm 78

. . . we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done. .so the next generation would know them . . . and they in turn would tell their children.

Then they would put their trust in God and would not forget his deeds but would keep his commands.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Speech Ferapy

It suddenly dawned on me that Toby is not pronouncing his "th" sounds. For the voiced "th" in this, that, there, he substitutes a "d" sound. In the quiet "th" in bath, thanks, and therapy he uses an "f" sound.

Toby's young enough that this might still resolve on its own, but I'm thinking I might like to help him along in the process.

1 comment:

We love speech therapy in this house. We had our oldest doing it to elimate a stutter (successful) and our youngest to teach him to speak because at two he had no words! That too was successful - so much so that when we went back after a six month gap for an assessment I asked our therapist if she could undo her good work!

I have been thinking I need to take oldest back because he still hasn't got the "R" sound. I taught him "th" and "l" but I have no idea how to do "R"! I was momentarily excited to follow your link to "mommy speech therapy" but when I read the article about teaching "R" I'm thinking I'll book into the speech therapist.

All the best with "th"! And that is a BEAUTIFUL photo of Lydia on your header!!

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Little Britches by Ralph Moody

What's So Great About Christianity? by Dinesh D'Souza

In Pursuit of Holiness by Jerry Bridges; Finished 2/18

The Coldest Winter by Halberstam; This book brings to mind that "the more you know, the more you know you don't know"! I made it to page 326, but our history studies are zooming forward towards Vietnam. I'm re-shelving this (2/10) until another time.

About Homeroom Resources

We are studying Year 3 of Tapestry of Grace.For the uninitiated, this is a comprehensive curriculum which provides reading assignments, teaching notes, activities, and writing assignments for the subjects of history, literature, geography, and Bible (also some fine arts and church history). This is a solid humanities program for homeschoolers aiming for a classical education. Tapestry takes the student through a chronological study of world history in four years three times throughout grades 1-12.

In the 2011-2012 school year we are adding some English resources to beef up some weaknesses. We'll be using Rod and Staff's spelling texts for our third and sixth graders and Rod and Staff's English and Reading for our third grader.

Our kindergartener will start with Math U See's Primer, our third grader will be working through Rod and Staff Grade 3 Mathematics, and our sixth graders will be using Saxon 76.

Phonics Museum is a fun way to introduce reading. The sings and jingles are catchy, the primers are beautiful, and the workbook is useful. Toby will continue using this program.

Phonics Pathways was my key resource for teaching my twin daughters to read. We still keep this book handy for practice with spelling rules.

Exploring Creation through Astronomy. From Apologia, this science text works well across all grammar school ages. We also use the notebooking pages that go along with the text.